Folding bed



L. A. BROWN.

FOLDING BED.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13. 1920.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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LANVILLE A. BROWN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

FOLDING BED.

Application filed February 13, 1920. Serial No. 358,426.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LANVILLE A. Brown, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to folding beds and more particularly extension stabilizing legs for folding beds.

The present structure is an improvement over my former Patent Number 1,290,893,

issued to me January 14, 1919, in which it is found that the gear segments and racks employed are complicated, require grease which is objectionable, produce considerable friction in operation, collect dust and catch clothing, present an uneven surface which is not altogether pleasing, and the cost of of manufacture is so great that it cannot enter into competition with the cheaper form of folding beds on the market, although many hundreds have been marketed and are in use.

The present invention has provided an improved stabilizing extension leg for folding beds that is automatic, requires no knowledge, thought or attention on the part of the user, is cheap in cost of manufacture, andis durable and dependable.

A further object of the invention is to provide an extension leg that is free from grease and friction, light of weight, presenting an even surface which is pleasing in appearance and will not collect dust or catch clothing.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the; appended claims, the accompanying drawings illustrating a form that has met all the foregoing requirements and proven very satisfactory to the users In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view in elevation of a folding bed illustrating the improved stabilizing extension leg mounted thereon, with the spring frame in folded position and the leg withdrawn, the spring frame being shown lowered and the leg extended in dotted lines.

F i 2 is a fragmentary side View of Fig. l, with the spring frame in upright or folded position and the stabilizing extension leg withdrawn.

The head post 1, intermediate post 2, and connecting members 3 and 4 are as shown of rectangular form, the space between being closed by the panel of sheet metal 5, all of which is identical with the structure of the bed embodied in my former patent hereinbefore referred to, the parts illustrating suflicient ofthe head frame of the bed to show the connection of the stabilizing extension leg.

The plate 6 is secured to the panel 5 by the bolts 7 and has pivotally connected thereto the connecting member 8 which in turn. is bolted to the spring frame rail 9 by the bolts 10, so that the rail 9 can easily be moved to and fro from the position shown in full lines of Fig. 1 to that of the dotted lines of the same figure.

' The hollow slide-way brackets 11 are se cured to the connecting member 4 and form a hollow slide-way in which the arm 12 of the extension leg 13 is loosely mounted, the connecting rod 14. being pivotally connected to the rail 9 at 15 and to the leg 13 at 16.

From the foregoing it will be understood that as the rail 9 is lowered the extension leg 18 is projected as shown in the dotted lines of Fig. 1, and as the rail 9 is raised to folded position the extension leg is withdrawn to the position shown in full lines of Fig. 1.

The extension leg is extremely simple, presents a smooth surface that will not collect dust or catch clothing, is pleasing in appearance, requires no thought or effort on the part of the operator to operate it, no

grease to lubricate it, is durable and dc pendable and easilyand cheaply manufactured.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a stabilizing extension leg for folding beds, a bed frame, a spring frame pivotally connected to said bed frame, a slide way on said bed frame above the pivotal connection of said spring frame, a stabilizing extension leg provided with an arm, said arm slidably mounted to slide along said slide-way, and a connecting rod pivotally'connected to said spring frame and to said extension leg so that said leg is projected from said bed frame as said spring frame, a. connecting rod connecting said spring frame and said extension leg so that said leg is extended and held in 2L rigid position with relation to said head frame when saidspring frame is lowered'to usable posi tion and said extension leg is withdrawn and held in a rigid position with said head frame when said spring fraine is foldedto an upright position.

LANVILLE A. BROWN. 

